Editing Sebastopol, Mississippi

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| subdivision_name2        = [[Scott County, Mississippi|Scott]], [[Leake County, Mississippi|Leake]]
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| population_total         = 266
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'''Sebastopol''' is a town in [[Leake County, Mississippi|Leake]] and [[Scott County, Mississippi|Scott]] counties, [[Mississippi]]. The population was 266 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=News-Leader|first=Springfield|title=500 {{!}} data.news-leader.com {{!}} news-leader.com|url=https://data.news-leader.com/census/MS/cities/Sebastopol%20town/|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=Springfield News-Leader|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2020}}
Sebastopol was originally called "Hathaway Springs". The town was in existence before the Civil War but not incorporated until 1917. According to oral tradition, "a Swede" traveling through the area named the town for [[Sevastopol]], Crimea.  It is rumored that the "Swede" was [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] (of [[Central Park]] fame) who stayed at [[Sebastopol House Historic Site|Sebastopol House]] in [[Seguin, Texas]] during his travels throughout the southern United States. From 1852 to 1857, Olmsted was sent to the southern United States by his employer, ''The New York Times'', to study and write about slavery.  It was published as  ''Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom''.

Each fall season Sebastopol has Sebastopolooza–a fairly large fall festival. In 2010 Sebastopolooza had over a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Sebastopolooza_Brings_Thousands_106383978.html |title=Sebastopolooza Brings Thousands |website=www.wtok.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101111803/http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Sebastopolooza_Brings_Thousands_106383978.html |archive-date=November 1, 2010}}</ref>

Sebastopol is centrally located between four larger towns, the towns of Forest, Carthage, Union and Philadelphia. Although the town has a local grocery store, most people drive to one of the larger towns to purchase basic household goods. The nearest theatre is a small  local operation located in [[Philadelphia, Mississippi]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The town got access to cable TV in the late 1990s, which has yet to be offered to areas located just outside the city limits. Most local people wishing to have television must subscribe to satellite programming.  This makes accessibility to high-speed internet almost impossible. On October 11, 2010, all cable services from Sky Cablevision, the only cable provider for Sebastopol, were disconnected.{{Why|date=July 2020}}{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Geography==
Most of the town is located in Scott County, with a small portion in Leake County. In the 2000 census, all of the city's 233 residents lived in Scott County. No residents lived in the Leake County portion in 2000, and one person lived there in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2006_28.csv | title = Subcounty population estimates: Mississippi 2000-2006 | format = [[comma-separated values|CSV]] | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division | date = June 28, 2007 | accessdate = July 21, 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071126031220/http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2006_28.csv | archivedate = November 26, 2007 }}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|1.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1930= 355
|1940= 403
|1950= 330
|1960= 343
|1970= 268
|1980= 314
|1990= 281
|2000= 233
|2010= 272
|2020= 266
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Sebastopol racial composition as of 2020'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2866280&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|207
|77.82%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|45
|16.92%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|1
|0.38%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|3
|1.13%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|10
|3.76%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''278'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 266 people, 115 households, and 81 families residing in the town.

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 233 people, 107 households, and 66 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|159.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 118 housing units at an average density of {{convert|80.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 95.28% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.00% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.86% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.86% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.72% of the population.

There were 107 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 37.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the town, the age distribution of the population shows 21.5% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $47,500. Males had a median income of $26,625 versus $25,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $23,630. About 9.5% of families and 18.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 28.2% of those sixty-five or over.

==Education==
The Town of Sebastopol is served by the [[Scott County School District (Mississippi)|Scott County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28123_scott/DC20SD_C28123.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807022423/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28123_scott/DC20SD_C28123.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=August 6, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st28_ms/schooldistrict_maps/c28123_scott/DC20SD_C28123_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The town has one public High School whose mascot is the Sebastopol Bobcats. Sebastopol also has a private school, Pine Grove Christian Academy, owned and operated by Pine Grove Pentecostal Church.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Notable people==
* [[The Leake County Revelers]], [[country music]] [[String band (American music)|string band]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=McAllister |first1=Ed |title=Leake County Revelers |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/leake-county-revelers/ |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Towns in Scott County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Towns in Leake County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:Towns in Mississippi]]